Nikos Family Taverna - (Restaurants in Roda)

Julie M           

We found this restaurant on the last 2 nights and wished we had found it sooner, it is extremely friendly and relaxed, no hurrying you along, stay as long as you want and enjoy the wine and the atmosphere, when we vist Roda again (which we definatley will) we plan to eat their every night

Aphrodite Hotel - (Accommodation in Roda)

Julie M           

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We thought the Hotel was in a excellent location, there was some noise from the road, but not to much that you cant sleep, the only bad thing about the hotel was that it has Big Bens next to it, the bar causes more noise than any traffic.   The rooms were cleaned every day and we had no problems with our room, it is worth paying the extra as the views of Albania are stunning(see picture).  The breakfast provided was adequate and the extras were a fair price if you needed them.  The hotel pool is nice and clean and the bar is reasonable for snacks and drinks.   The beach at Roda is small but very nice, although it could do with being cleaned more regularly than what we seen we hired our sunbeds from a little old lady who sat next to the boat hire, she was very friendly and her sunbeds were the cheapest.  The resort of Roda was nice and quite when we where there (May2006), it is lovely but i hope it doesnt get any more english bars and restaurants then it already has, we prefered to eat greek and we found that it was easy to do so, prices for meals were very reasonable in most restaurants 28 euros (£20) for 2 courses each with wine was the normal price we paid   All in all we really enjoyed our stay in the Hotel, but get out and about if you can and see some more of Corfu  

Day trip to Albania - (Corfu Excursions)

Julie M           

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We booked this trip through Thomas Cook, we realise we could have probably got it cheaper at a local travel agent, but beware that some travel agents dont include Lunch, entrance to Butrini and full guided tour. We paid 118 euros (£83 ) for the two of us - this included everything, as mentioned above, apart from the entrance tax you have to pay to the Albanian Police - which is 8 euros each.  The trip was a full day (12 hours in total).

The day was really amazing, it was really quite interesting to see a country 'waking up' so to speak. Sarande, the town where the boat drops of at is a bit of building site with hotels popping up everywhere,there is not much else to see there so make sure your tour takes you elsewhere.   As mentioned there are some beggars and children selling trinkets which is quite unsettling. 
 
Our trip to Butrini was fantastic, our guide who was Albanian, was very good and her insight into local culture was invaluable to the experience, the views were stunning from the top of the site.  It was a very hot day, make sure you have plenty of water with you on the trip. 
 
We stopped of at a little village in the mountains for a buffet lunch were the service and food was excellent.  The roads in Albania are not quite finished!, so can be a bit scary, especially in traffic jams on the edges of cliffs!
 
It was a long day but worth it we thought.